National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus

Catholic African-American organization

National Black Catholic Clergy CaucusAbbreviation| NBCCC

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Formation| 1968
Founder| Father Herman Porter
Founded at| Detroit, Michigan
Type| Non-governmental organization

Region served

| United States
Membership| Active and retired African American bishops, priests, deacons, religious brothers, and seminarians of the Catholic Church in the United States.

President

| Father Kareem Smith
Affiliations|

* National Association of Black Catholic Deacons
* National Black Seminarians Association
* National Black Sisters Conference
* Black Catholic Joint Conference

Website| nbccc.cc

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* Pope: Leo XIV
* History
* Black Catholic Movement
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Background

* African Christianity
* African Catholicism
* Kongo Catholicism
* Black Christianity
* Catholicism and race
* Age of Discovery
* Catholic Slavery
* U.S. Catholicism
* Haitian Revolution
* Stono Rebellion
* San Miguel de Gualdape
* Fort Mose

People

|  Saints

* Moses the Black
* Augustine
* Monica
* Benedict the Moor
* Martin de Porres
* Peter Claver
* Katharine Drexel

On the way to sainthood

* Pierre and Juliette Toussaint
* Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP
* Henriette Delille, SSF
* Augustus Tolton
* Samuel Henderson
* Julia Greeley
* Mary Theodore Williams, FHM
* Thea Bowman, FSPA
* Martin de Porres Ward, OFMConv

Cardinals

* Wilton D. Gregory

Archbishops

* Eugene A. Marino, SSJ
* James P. Lyke, OFM

Bishops

* James Healy
* Joseph O. Bowers, SVD
* Harold R. Perry, SVD
* Joseph L. Howze

Priests

* Patrick Healy, SJ
* John R. Slattery, SSJ
* Charles F. Uncles, SSJ
* Cyprian Davis, OSB
* Clarence Rivers
* Paschal Salisbury, OP

Seminarians

* William Augustine Williams

Families

* Healy family

Institutions

|  Churches

* Basilicas

Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Norfolk, Virginia)

* Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica

* Other

St Augustine (New Orleans)

* St Augustine (D.C.)
* St Francis Xavier (Baltimore)
* St Benedict the Moor (NYC)
* Most Pure Heart of Mary (Mobile)

Religious communities

* Oblate Sisters of Providence
* Sisters of the Holy Family
* Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary
* The Josephites
* Society of African Missions

Fraternal orders

* Knights of Peter Claver

Schools

* Xavier University of Louisiana
* Claver College
* St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)
* St. Augustine Seminary (Bay St. Louis)
* St. Anthony's Mission House

Organizations

* Colored Catholic Congress
* Federated Colored Catholics
* National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus
* National Black Sisters' Conference
* National Black Catholic Seminarians' Association
* National Black Catholic Lay Caucus
* The National Office for Black Catholics
* National Association of Black Catholic Administrators
* National Black Catholic Congress
* Black Catholic Theological Symposium
* Institute for Black Catholic Studies
* National Association of Black Catholic Deacons

Literature

* History of Black Catholics in the United States (Davis)

Worship

* Gospel Mass
* Black Unity Mass
* Prayer
* Sacraments

Rites

Roman

* Ordinary Form
* Zaire Use

Controversies

* Jesuit Bend Incident
* George Stallings (Imani Temple)

Miscellaneous

* Anti-Catholicism
* Ecumenism

Relations with:

* Protestantism
* Islam

Societal issues

* U.S. Catholic politics

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The National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus (NBCCC) is an organization of African-American clergy, religious, and seminarians within the Catholic Church in the United States of America.

## History

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The group was founded in April 1968, shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The murder of King sparked a radical activist notion among Black Catholic clergy, who had themselves been mistreated[citation needed] for some time within the Catholic Church—after being locked out from the priesthood altogether for much of US Church history.[citation needed]

The new group was convened in Detroit by Fr Herman A. Porter, who sent out a call to Black Catholic clergy nationwide. A religious brother, a religious sister (Sr. Martin De Porres Grey, RSM), and a White clergyman also attempted to attend, but were eventually rebuffed. (Grey went on to found the National Black Sisters Conference shortly thereafter.)

The group discussed the situation before them, and formulated a statement that, after being published, made waves within the Church, largely due to its opening line:

> The Catholic Church in the United States, primarily a white racist institution, has addressed itself primarily to white society and is definitely a part of that society. On the contrary, we feel that her primary, though not exclusive work, should be in the area of institutional, attitudinal and societal change.[1]

The statement also made a number of demands of the largely White hierarchy, most of which went unanswered.

The group has continued to meet annually since, including in a joint conference with the NBSC and the National Black Seminarians' Association (NBCSA), a constituent organization of the NBCCC.

In 2020, the NBCCC teamed with the NBSC, National Association of Black Catholic Administrators, and the Institute for Black Catholic Studies to make a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.[2]

## Joseph Davis Award

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Each year during the Black Catholic Joint Conference with Black sisters, seminarians, deacons and their wives, the NBCCC bestows the Fr Joseph M. Davis Award for lifetime achievement, so named in honor of the NBCCC's first executive director.[3]

Awardees have included:

* Brother Booker Ashe, OFM Cap.
* Father Joseph Brown, SJ
* Bishop Dominic Carmon, SVD
* Father George H. Clements
* Father Chris Coleman
* Deacon Dunn Cumby
* Father Cyprian Davis, OSB
* Brother Joseph Davis, SM
* Bishop Joseph Francis, SVD
* Brother Loyola Freightman, OFM
* Father Jim Goode, OFM
* Father Boniface Hardin, OSB
* Archbishop James P. Lyke, OFM
* Father Al McKnight, CSSP
* Deacon Arthur "Art" Miller
* Father William Norvel, SSJ
* Father Herman Porter, SCJ
* Father Thaddeus J. Posey, OFM Cap.
* Deacon Paul Richardson
* Father Clarence Rivers
* Father Cyprian Rowe
* Monsignor Leonard Scott
* Father Charles Smith, SVD
* Father Chester Smith, SVD
* Brother Roy Smith, CSC
* Father Benedict M Taylor, OFM
* Father Wilbur Thomas
* Father August L. Thompson
* Deacon Marvin Threatt
* Deacon Thomas White

## See also

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* The National Office for Black Catholics

## References

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1. ^ Tinner-Williams, Nate (2020-05-30). "Statement of the Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, 1968". Where Peter Is. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
2. ^ Joint Statement on the Black Lives Matter Movement & Black Catholic Responsibility, retrieved 2021-02-28
3. ^ "Fr. Joseph Davis Awardee". NBCCC. Retrieved 2022-09-29.

## External links

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* National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus – official website

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